Okay, it's been a while for this one, too. Last time, it ended with them returning to Earth, so here we go. I made a mistake in the last chapter with the year, it should be 2006 as Rose missed Christmas 2005 as she missed that whole year...

The Tardis materialised on the 27th just as the Doctor had wanted. They left the Tardis and ran to Jackie's flat. When they reached the door, Rose took out her key and they entered the house. Emma was crying, so Rose quickly entered the flat and took her from her mother, she gently rocked her and the crying subsided, but didn't stop, so she did the only thing that she could think of, she handed the infant to the Doctor.

The Doctor took his daughter into his arms and she stopped crying immediately. Rose smiled, that always worked, she was definitely a daddy's girl that one. Jackie looked up at her daughter and the Doctor and smiled. "She's done nothing but cry since she woke up." she said "She's worse than her mother."

Rose groaned, she had wondered when talk of her as a baby would come up, but Jackie didn't say anything else about it. "Other than that, how was she?" she asked

"Good as gold." Jackie answered "And Jack behaved himself too, before you ask." Jack looked at her from where he had been sitting and gave her one of his mega watt smiles.

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Later that day, once everyone was settled, Jackie left the house as did Jack. The captain had returned to the Tardis and Jackie had gone shopping, which left the Doctor and Rose alone with their sleeping child. The Doctor took Emma from Rose and placed her gently in the carry cot, then he returned to the living room and sat beside Rose, who automatically snuggled against his side with her head on his shoulder. They stayed like that for a while before Emma woke up, demanding to be fed.

Rose got up to her and went into her room where she fed the baby before putting her back into the cot. When the infant was asleep, she went into the kitchen and made dinner for the four of them. When Jackie came back everything was ready and on the table. Jack came in shortly after Jackie did and they all sat down to eat.

When the meal was finished, Jack washed the dishes and the other three sat and watched TV, Rose went into her room after a short while to check on Emma and found her lying wide awake, staring up at her. She smiled down at her little bundle of joy and picked her up. She returned to the living room and sat beside the Doctor, who wrapped an arm round her, holding her close and brushed a hair from his daughter's forehead.

They stayed up for some time, but, the Doctor and Rose decided to sleep in the Tardis that night, so they grabbed Emma's things and then went down to the Tardis, where they put their little girl to bed and then went themselves.

Right, I'm going to stop here, otherwise, I'll write about the 28th and 29th which were pretty much the same, the next chapter will be New Year's Eve.

TTFN

Julie